Travel Blogs from Amritsar

... and occasionally moved its bowels. The man held the string. It seemed to be his entire goal and occupation in life."
Amritsar is similarly a very uninspiring town, famous for two things: the Golden Temple, which is Sikhism's biggest, and the closing ...

... I was bewildered, therefore, to wake at 3.40 and have a helpful policeman in the carriage inform me that we were just leaving Amritsar! So much for schedules... Arriving in an insignificant wee station in the arse-end of the Punjab at 4.30 a.m., ...

... into the open country.
We arrive in Amritsar to 42 degC heat and a bustling station so we were pleased find 'Our man in Amritsar' waiting at the Station Entrance. We stay in Hotel Grand - it certainly does not live up to its name with its rather seedy ...

... we declined. It wouldn't look good turning up to the Golden Temple stinking like a brewery.
We negotiated a vehicle to get us to Amritsar and off we went. David and his Sikh friends in London had been talking about the Golden Temple for ages so I was ...